East Canyon Hotel and Spa, Palm Springs, California

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USP The classiest out of 40 gay hotels in the area and offers a “dual therapist” massage.

AMBIENCE Treatment rooms are in a converted hotel room, so it’s very cosy. Built as apartments in the 1950s, the hotel has an intimate Melrose Place feel with plush but bland decor.

EXPERIENCE Big strong men with big strong hands and no messing about. Refreshingly non-sexual; you don’t need to look good as you lounge by, or in, the pool. There is no gym. Flirt if you want, but there’s no pounding dance music or fleshpot vibe.